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Our hypotheses is that this data can be useful to help you pinpoint the whitetail rut in your area and determine peak hunting weeks. We have grouped each historical Deer Feeding Chart Zip Code hit by US County and summed the year to year data for each week for each county.
Nov 2, 2020 · The whitetail deer breeding season can be wildly unpredictable—or as regular as reading the calendar. Here’s what we can and cannot predict about the 2020 whitetail rut. Consistent Factors
- Mark Kenyon
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For years, it has been frustrating to hear so many erroneous perceptions of what constitutes the rut, so let’s begin with a brief primer on what the rut really is! According to Wikipedia: “The rut is the mating season of certain mammals, which includes ruminants such as deer, sheep, camels, goats, pronghorns, bison, giraffes and antelopes, and exte...
Why do whitetails have a rut? The first obvious answer is that they need one to reproduce! A precisely timed breeding season guarantees the production of fawns at a time of the year that will maximize recruitment. In reality, it is more the timing of weaning that affects when deer breed than any other factor. Once weaned, fawns are virtually on the...
The melatonin/sex hormone control of whitetail breeding is one thing, but there are confounding factors that can frustrate this system. These include the physiological condition of the deer coming into fall, moon phase timing and demographics of the herd. Temperatures play a role in affecting whether or not deer move in daylight hours. You may have...
We work and have worked with many landowners over the range of the whitetails. We not only advise these landowners, but also conduct research on their properties. Two of these are perhaps the best managed properties in the U.S., Turtle Lake Club and Grand Rack Club in the northern portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Turtle Lake has been man...
- Dr. James C. Kroll
Nov 1, 2022 · The Whitetail Rut Calendar. Whitetail bucks change their behavior during pre-rut, rut and post-rut, so you must adapt your game plan, too. Appeared in print as "The Rut Calendar" By Mark Kayser. November 01, 2022. Sign Me Up! Sign up Digital! Subscribe to Print!
Oct 18, 2022 · Learn. Tips for Hunting the Five Phases of the Deer Rut. October 18, 2022. Increase your odds of tagging a mature buck with these tactics for each phase of the rut. It’s finally here, like Christmas for adults, but it arrives a month early and lasts for longer than a single day. It’s the rut.
November 4, 2022 By: NDA Staff. Share: 𝕏. The whitetail rut is the most exciting time of the season for deer hunters, and it’s also a time when the NDA receives a lot of questions about this important season in the whitetail’s year. Many of the answers are found here on our website, and we’ve compiled this guide to help you find them quickly.
Nov 24, 2023 · Advertisement. Get The Magazine. Digital Now Included! An Informative Guide to the Timing of the Southern Rut. Examining the many complex breeding phases of Southern whitetails. The action can start as early as July and August in southern parts of Florida, and as late as January and February in places like Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.
